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From: pn@stc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.internat
Subject: Lexicographers
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 13:49:26 EST
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Are there any lexicographers out there?  I believe that's the correct term.
I need to find a list of the most commonly used English words in WRITTEN
TEXT (not oral useage).  The most common 8000 would do nicely, to coin a
phrase.  Note no smiley here, I'm serious about the 8000, but I suspect
that after the first few hundred most common, there's not much to choose
between them.  Also in the same vein, I need the most common English word
endings, preferably ranked in order of probability.
Any pointers greatfully welcomed.
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Phil Norris	<pn@stc.UUCP>
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